Broken Promise

Broken Promise

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 5, 1981

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.

Broken Promise

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 5, 1981

Broken Promise
A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger brothers and sisters together as a family after their parents abandoned them, despite a bureaucrat's insistence that it is impossible to locate a single foster home for all five.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers EMI Television, Roger Gimbel Productions
Original title Broken Promise
Directors Lynda Karjola, Patrick A. Duffy, Don Taylor
Writers Alex Lazzarino, Kent Hayes, Stephen Kandel

Cast

Chris Sarandon

as Bud Griggs

Melissa Michaelsen

as Patty Clawson

George Coe

as George Mathews

McKee Anderson

as Nancy Sloan

David Haskell

as Tom Parks

Sondra West

as Alice Parks

Marc Alaimo

as Joe Clawson

C.J. Hincks

as June Clawson

Tristine Schmukler

as Sue Anne Clawson

John McCaffrey

as John Clawson

Erika Katz

as Karen Clawson

Canaan Crouch

as Charlie Clawson

Jessie Lee Fulton

as Mrs. Gustafson

Irma P. Hall

as Williston

William H. Burkett

as Judge Harrington

Nik Hagler

as Harrison

Rose-Mary Rumbley

as Mrs. Higgins

Norma Young

as Anna Nelson

Jeanie Capps

as Dr. Carson

Randy Moore

as Dr. Sullivan

Helena Humann

as Matron Turner

Tony Frank

as Barnes

Harlan Jordan

as Sheriff

Miles Mutchler

as Walter

Jude Johnson

as Doris Parmenter

Lisa Oz

as Kathy

Missi Hutchins

as Linda

Norman Colvin

as Attendant

James Bodean

as Foster Parent (uncredited)

Bernedette Whitehead

as Waitress (uncredited)